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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11514
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14635
13 Actual Demand 11228
14 Aggregate Planning 12261
15 Air Cargo 10102
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6672
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34895
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15350
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19323
20 Assembly Line 22485
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23003
22 Average Speed of Answer 26580
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23174
24 Batch Production 38440
25 Bill Discounting 14563
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11253
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7170
28 Blanket Release 10047
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13830
31 Bottleneck 9548
32 Buffer Stock 59339
33 Build to Stock 13041
34 Bullwhip Effect 9696
35 Business Logistics 25778
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12588
37 Capacity Management 40611
38 Capacity Utilization 14133
39 Capital Intensive 8437
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8773
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12160
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8949
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12587
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6901
48 Computer-Based Training 7708
49 Consular Invoice 19830
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10296
52 Continuous Replenishment 19586
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12100
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11438
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15270
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11823
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44210
62 Date Code 18269
63 Days of Supply 19863
64 Dead on Arrival 9348
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8133
67 Detective Control 8929
68 Devanning 14232
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10986
70 Dispatching 24562
71 Distributed Inventory 8376
72 Distribution Channel Management 34806
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24228
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15245
76 Double Marginalization 52790
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22408
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20638
80 Echelon Inventory 26239
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38296
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49789
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7636
84 Efficient Frontier 25523
85 Engineer-to-Order 31789
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16560
87 Erlang B Formula 9367
88 ETD 8347
89 Ex Works 7851
90 Exception Rate 13518
91 Exponential smoothing 9845
92 External Growth 10099
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9536
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10547
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8797
97 Fishbone Diagram 14630
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27078
99 Flow Through Distribution 12336
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13062
102 Forward buying 30211
103 Freight Charge 10429
104 Freight Consolidation 7548
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11756
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12712
109 Hub 23465
110 Idle Time 8087
 
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